Grasslands

By: Mahek , Shreya and Tia

World Location

• South Africa• New Zeland• Eastern Europe• Bad Lands in South Dakota• Great plains Southern Canada to North Mexico

Climate

• Lots of Tornados• More than 100 degree farenhiet in the

summer • 10 -50 inches of rain every year • - 10 degrees farenheight in the winter • Lightning makes fire in the grasslands

Human Interaction Negatively

• People have took over much of the land• People turned grasslands to farm land • Sometimes farming can harm grasslands• They cut trees

Human interaction positively

• Some ranchers raise animals • Some feed animals • They plant plants

Plants

• Prairie blazing star • Milkweed • Willows • Coneflower• Prairie cord grass• Boabab tree• And a lot more ……

Animals

• Snake • Horses• Eagles• Coyotes• Jack rabbits • Geoffros cat

Black tailed prairie dog appearence

• Adults 12-20 inches and 1-2 pounds • Light brown fur• Short flat tail black tipped• Long sharp claws

Predator and prey

• Prairie dogs eat grass grasshoppers insects • Predators- foxes, coyotes, badgers, lizards,

rattle snakes ,bobcats ,ferrets, falcons, and eagles

• Prairie dogs are herbivores

Adaptations

• They hide in their burrows • They have sharp claws to dig burrows away

from the heat• Sharp eyesight to see through long grass for

predators

other interesting facts

• Prairie dog makes barking or chirping noises to warn others for predators

• Prairie dog from squirrel family• Prairie dog lives in prairie and makes barking

noises like dog that’s how it got it’s name• Kinds of grasslands- steppes, prairies, savvana,

wild grasses, wheat feilds

bibliography Scheff, Ducan. GRASSLANDS. Austin, TX,

Raintree- vaughn publishers,2001.

bibliography

• Pipes, Rose. GRASSLANDS. Austin, TX, Raintree Steck-Vaghn publishers, 1998